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Log4j 2 Loggeredit
You need to also include Log4j 2 dependencies:
<dependency> <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId> <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId> <version>2.7</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId> <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId> <version>2.7</version> </dependency>
And also provide a Log4j 2 configuration file in your classpath.
For example, you can add in your src/main/resources
project dir a log4j2.properties
file like:
appender.console.type = Console appender.console.name = console appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout rootLogger.level = info rootLogger.appenderRef.console.ref = console